Dr. S. Dharakeswari,
Assistant Professor Physical Education Health Education Sports
A.V.V.M Sri Pushpam College (Autonomous) Poondi Thanjavur.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to find out the efficacy of yogic training on BMI and V02 Max, of college men. To achieve this purpose forty college men from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Coimbatore Tamilnadu were selected as subjects and their age ranged from 17 to 22 years. They were divided into two groups of twenty each, group I underwent Yogic Training (ATG), and group II was considered as Control Group (CG) that did not participate in any special training apart from their regular routine activities. Yogic training was given to the experimental group for the period of twelve weeks and five days per week. The pre and post- tests were conducted before and after the training for twelve weeks. The obtained data were statistically analysed by paired‘t’ test to find out the significant difference. The finding of this study reveals that the yogic training influenced the BMI and VO2 Max variables of college men.

Keywords

Yogic Training, BMI, VO₂ Max

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